24/05/2018Education technology company 2U has appointed Mark Chernis as its chief operating officer. Lanham, Maryland-based 2U was founded in 2008 and Chernis has been a board and audit committee member of the company since 2009.He joins 2U from global education company Pearson.

23/05/2018Chinese education company JiaYi Education has acquired Bambinos, which has four nurseries in the Plymouth area of Devon. The nurseries serve 400 families with children aged from birth to five, or up to 11 during holidays and after school.

23/05/2018Buffalo, New York-based Campus Labs, a subsidiary of Edcentric and a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, has acquired Chalk & Wire Learning Assessment, which provides learning assessment and credentialing software used by higher education institutions to assess and measure student learning.

23/05/2018Four Seasons Education, the Shanghai-based after-school maths education service provider for elementary school students has announced unaudited Q4 gross profit of CNY37.7 million (£4.4 million), up 38.6% from CNY27.2 million in the fourth quarter last year.

17/05/2018Beijing-based China Distance Education Holdings, a provider of online education and value-added services for professionals and corporate clients in China, has announced a loss for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 ending 31 March.

17/05/2018Fulton, Maryland-based New Markets Venture Partners today announced the final close of NMEP II, a $68 million (£50.4 million) venture capital fund focused on education technology and innovation.

Brett Wigdortz, founder of Teach First, responsible for training a third of new teachers in schools in low-income communities in England, says the best school leaders are noble altruists who give youngsters in deprived areas a sense of self-belief

US private higher education providers have weathered unfavourable political, regulatory and market conditions, and emerged the leaner and more strategic for it. James Croft reports on the continuing trend of law school closures

The role of private capital in supporting US higher education continues to evolve, as investors take advantage of the relief from federal authority pressure, to pursue efficiencies and focus on the most promising revenue streams. Charles Wheeldon reports

Thomas Choo, a partner at Clyde & Co’s Singapore office, points to an easing of the regulatory framework for foreign private education investment in Southeast Asia, as countries note the growing number of nationals seeking an overseas education

Thomas Choo, a partner at Clyde & Co's Singapore office, points to an easing of the regulatory framework for foreign private education investment in Southeast Asia, as countries note the growing number of nationals seeking an overseas education

McGraw-Hill Education: Dr Nana Banerjee New York-based McGraw-Hill Education, the learning science company, has appointed Dr Nana Banerjee as president and chief executive officer, effective from next Monday. Banerjee is currently group president of data analytics provider Verisk Analytics.Continue reading...